Nashville Journal from Nashville, Illinois • 1

i HwvJ m-mm An Independent Newspaper rr- P- I- A -2 VU 'j 'li i a' ti fir In Washington Count Circulation Newt Advertising rvfl tf LX4 -9 I VOL LXXVHI NASHVILLE UfC THUESDAY OCTOBER 31 1940 They Hit The JackPot Ic Scout Troop To Be Organized To Include Defense ounty To Polls Tnec In Hot RflgC! Hoyleton Youth With Number 158 Is First In Draft First Two Numbers1 Called Include Youths From County First '50 lasted -I- 4 -T I i Co Hobbyist -Gets A Taste Of Hollywood For What is believed to be the first Urns in to history qf the county a Hollywood motion picture Unit made a special trip to Washington county to photograph 4 one of its citizens find his hobbies The man who now knows wUo It feels to work under the glare of multiple spotlight! le none other than Emil Mottert Hoyleton' Hh shoemaker and hobbyist extraordinary whose queer musical instruments have been publicized all over the country and world-wide by Ripley About three morfths ego Orover Brinkman of the Okawvllle picture show got a lefter from an executive of one of the major studios saying that one at their 'mobile camera unite was Coming through the midwest seeking subject matter for ahort subjects this studio releases and asking tf there was any possible material In the radius served by thla theater A wire was Immediately sent to the studio describing Mottert and his work and In due time a reply came from the studio saying that Mottert would make a suitable subject for one of their color shorts and that In due time the mobile unit would arrive LMt Friday night a big truck arrived with a Mr BSrger th cameraman Berger want to Hoyleton Saturday to lntenrlew-Mottert and see the tyne of stuff he made and shortly ai rrard began work on the actual photography Motterte shoe repair shop wm rigged up with a dozen or more lights flood lights spotlights leakllghte etc and the big color camera waa rolled In and the actual shooting" started Before work started however Berger found he needed more Juice to a special cable was run to the high-line to get enough Current to feed the lights nd operate the camera Berger worked the greater part of Saturday filming Mottert at his workTacb sequence was rehearsed before the-earners started to roll The shoeshop- wm surrounded by town folk who came put to see how 8 real movie Is made Eerger filmed -rts' workJn detail suing closeupe to bring out the artistry of his toothpick violin and htrmsny Antique creation A shoe made out of toothpicks wm given quite a bit of attention not to mention his saxophone made 6t cornstalks his bull-hide fiddle and various other Instruments All of the work wm filmed In color and will appear In color when It Is shown on the screen Berger shot about 600 feet of film on Motterts work He estimated that by the time It is edited It should have a running time on the screen of a-bout four minutes Berger stated that his studio works from three to six months In advance and that he Judged the film would be released about March 1 Berger stated that hla studio works would be released about March 1 and would be shown tn ths county Mr Berger himself wm quits an Interesting personage and wm one of the cameramen with Frank Buck when he shot his Bring em Back Alive film The above two county youths carried the first two draft numbers that were drawn out of the glasabowl in the national lottery at Wash tngton Tuesday Thus do they become numbers one and two on the go" list in the county providing of course that they are not deferred by the board and can qualify physically They at from left to right Reinhold Maachhoff Rural Route 2 Hoyleton who had the first number called In the nation that of 158 He is the eon of Mr end Mrs August Maachhoff-well-known Hoyleton township farmers and the family waa -listening to the drawing when hla number wm drawn told a Journal reporter who visited him at the time the picture was taken that ha wm 11 act to go Relnhold works for hie father and brother Clarence who Jointly farm 820 acres in Hoyleton township He is the youngest of four "brothers and two sisters and was born on tot family farm He is 27 yean of age and wm educated at the Coon Branch school and the No -Minden school No 8 is Ezntl Roethemeyer at toe light of Nashville Route 8 aged 24 the son of Henry Roethemeyer who works for Ralph Habbe HisBrst knowledge of having been dra wn was when -a Journal reported and photographer called on him for hi picture -I- 4 Nashville Boy Scout officials an-nounced this week that Chas Gswe and Harold Absher have volunteered their services to tot citys troop They will become assistant Scoutmasters to Charles Scott Scoutmaster! Ths troop is sponsored by toe Nashville Rotary Club which hM selected toe following troop committee: Dr Fred Schroeder A Reeder Snider and Singer Charles Scott will continue work with th present Boy Scouts but since most of them are- over 15 year of age they will be organised into an Explorer Scouting Unit and will carry on a Senior Scouting program designed to help with National Defense if necessary Ths new group under the leadership of Charles Gewe and Harold Absher will be composed of boys of 12 13 and 14 years of age They will meet every Monday night at 7:00 o'clock at the school -Wednesday morning at 9:43 a movie entitled Camp Wangellnshow-tag pictures of the Scout Camp this past summer was shown to the 6th 7th and 8th grade boys Charles Gewe and Harold Absher were also introduced to toe boys and Harold promised ths boys at least one bike or overnight camp each month Twenty-four boys signified that they were interested in Joining th troop However before the boys attend any meeting the Scout Leader are holding a parents meeting at toe American Legion hall Friday November 8 at 7:80 to better- Inform the parents on Scouting and to show them how they can co-operate with toe leaders In making to troop a suoees Wednesday November fi a Scout-leaden Roundtable will be held at the Legion halt of Nashville for all Scout rs si-d any man Interested In Scouting 1 any outside communities will send th Hr leaders to th Roundtable to receive training in to Organisation of a Scout Troop and planning toe program for the boy I Ki'Jn-p To Fci- 3 II 4 'A 'I JCidcatoYootli StezcJ OaTTgy To School JCy Suspected Sex Maniac' A An attempted kidnapping occurred Wednesday morning whan Leonard Kult 13-year-old son of Jo Kult of Radom was picked up by a man whom Judged to between 25 and 30 years of age driving a tan Mercury coupe with black fenders while he wm on his way to th Radom school at about 8 oclock Th boy had Just reached the bridge in the Radom bottoms when to car drove up and to man told him to get in The boy started to run but he caught him and put a sack over his head and tied him to ths floor board The boy noticed a pistol on ths seat of the car He broke loose several times and was beaten and kicked Young Kult said he believed that ha was taken through Ashley to Mt Vernon and back to Beaucoup where the car turned south to the gravel road He wm pushed out of the car about a quarter of a mile east of toe County farm at about 11:30 a County authorities believe that ths alleged kidnapper la to same sex maniac who attempted to kidnap to Radom girl last year as the two attempts occurred within a quarter of a mile of each other Mrs Bred Beatty Mrs Wm Weasel Mrs Will Diedrlch and Miss Melba Prasuhn attended a meeting of ths Legion auxiliary of to 22nd district In Collinsville Friday Hu order in which prospective draftees shall be celled to the color waa determined in Washington throughout Tuesday and part of Wednesday by the simple process of pulling a capsule containing a number out of a fish bowl blind-folded The first number was pulled from the bowl by Secretary of War Harry Xj Stlmson and handed to President Booeevelt to read The number was 158 and by token of having had that aerial number Re inhold August Maachhoff of Hoyleton Route 2 will be first on the order list for Washington County He is the 22-year-old son of Mr and Mrs August Maachhoff and works for his father on their farm north of New Minden When interviewed by a Journal reporter later in the day he said that they had all been listening to the broadcast and heard his number Called and that he was ready to go In 1917 the first number was 258 and the 158 card of 23 years ago waa held here by Walter Flnke The second number drawn out of the bowl also struck Washington County It was 192 and belonged to Emil Roethemeyer of Nashville Route 8 He is 24 years of age and the son of Henry Roethemeyer He works for Ralph Habbe and hla first knowledge of the drawing waa when be waa so informed by a Journal reporter The next several numbers did not offset this county as they were all higher than 1759 which waa the top registration figure her The third on to come that did -catch a local registrant waa 105 and belonged to Albert Marten commercial instructor of the Nashville high school -After the ceremony- of the first few numbers they continued to come over the radio with regularity and by thla writing all 17U tor Washington County have been given or- der numbers i The master list of order numbers waa being compiled In Washington yesterday following the- final draw-tag but will probably not be tor the hands of ths local board before Friday -t' i ir ij -FIGURES QDDT II Leslie Nicholson' chairman ci the local draft board said yesterday that ha thought the county1! quota for the firet call would be about 12 He eald that as soon as 'the board received the master list of orders from Springfield that the first 50 questionnaires would be sent out The registrant has five days to fill out and return these questionnaires and from these the local board will determine whether they are to go or be deferred Quite naturally many from the first 50 will be deferred because of dependents physical disability or Other reasons If it is impossible to fill the quota out of the first names then a second batch of 50 In the order of their numbers will be mailed out After the county quota la filled for the first call questionnaires will then go out at regular Intervals to all those remaining on the list In this way the local board will eventually have the case history of every registrant and when the next draft call cornea next year they will determine from their files who Is to go on second call Pending the master order list from Springfield The Journal has prepared its own unofficial list of the first 50 names The next 50 will follow next week and so on until the quota is filled A complete order list will not be published at one time as were the serial numbers However as soon as a master list for Washington County can be prepared by the local board it will be posted in the court house and from it you can determine your order number for future calls The board now has the Job of adding red order numbers to every card in the file end the first questionnaires wlU probably not be on their way until early next week Remember if you get a questionnaire it must be returned to the board within five days The first 50 numbers and their holders in Washington County follow: ORDER NUMBERS 158 Reinhold Maachhoff Hoylet R2 192 Emil Rothemeyer Nashville 8 105 Albert Marian Nashville 188 Isador Kurwickl Nashville 8 120 Ray Moehlenkamp Nashv 2 848 Homer MiftendorfN ashvtlle 2 161 Arthur Drelaler DuBola 1 14 Leslie Brinkman OkawvtUe 57 Hy Strata Okawvllle 153 Ewart Boaster Hoyleton 2 19 Homer Keller Nashville 766 Curtis Torrens Nashville 172 Fred Kampe Okawvllle 1 126 Alvin Randoll Okawvllle 187 Wm Brammeier Oakdale 167 Ed Pruehsner Nashville 4 1369 Geo Kurts DuBoli 147 Edwin Fisher DuBois 1300 Dwight Ragland Nashville 3 1355 Joe Kukllnald Venedy 689 Howard Farthing Rlchview 1295 Leroy Carrell Nashville 8 1234 Benedict KltowKkl DuBois 2 81 Ralph Oohlmeyer Naahvtlle 186- Albert Poehler Hoyleton 2 676 Wm Cooper Ashley ltl Edwtn Jones Nashville 185 HaroldFrederking Nashville 1 1863 Fits Smith Nashville 108 Bowman Williamson Nashville 109 Edmund Nsgel Nashville 8 1448 Robert Shook Centralia 184 Mike Kurwickl Nashville 8 Heavy Vela Hi 'As National Hr: Ticfttcns Up tn The great American g- cf I -tics enters the home wees and ere another i Journal hM reached you either have a new Pre 1 -1 ct a 8 or history sli 1 doing business st a a old Stand for another tour -a In the parlance of the I 7 15th round of toe champtotib-p boU Is at hand The challener w-ory from a long fall of road wnik 1 Jt been gaining ground In the let rounds The Champ only ei tored serious training during tia weeks He had apparenty tr 't i enough points to coast to In the early rounds when si i ths complexion of the fcat'Je 1 to change He Is now i-r the first time In the lorg S1 who knows Will the of the past few weeks lead on to I a title or can the Champ jve the challenge with his new tuit-t cl persuasiveness Only th people can dodds 1 1-sue and this they will Co tc polls next Tuesday While th fireworks of a ptonahlp bout have c-- 1 everything else many ei' to mtaary sairmiuhe ai ef 1 Interest to the sruro-'f 1 Washington Cci expected to go to to I day There ta no tagtoa County wui j-of course oUy ths else of rang i ttv to toe lTj nsuc 4tX r5 i i Next th I nos to 1 It l- ers la to t-o "irip of il-'Ucers i t- 1 if ton they re- 7 Is to win -t t- -i it Deniocriita ery it 1 li me da 1 worried sbot-e i-umi (f vi i leads to th g-snr 5 i Green h-ts toe eva 1 -velt ehouil carry Utn'i e-d odds are about even on your pick 1 Brooks ths nr tor' 1 aspirant doesnt seem to tf -nuLir Green and there la mu- a ik of trade going on agflliut "Cry" If such 1 the case Brooks and battery may run neck and netk along with to top of the tickets rather than run parallel with to Green-Hershey race OTHER OFFICTES The remainder of the major state ticket are relatively unimportant lndlvlduala because It the history of politics that they tavarfab'y win or lose with the top of the ticket One of th rare exceptions to this rule was ths 1936 Democratlo primary when an entire rebel slabs was nominated to run with Gov Horner In the fall who was on the opposing ticket Many well known political names are running however for the lesser offices For Lieutenant Governor ita Hu Cross versus Louie Lewis Cross Is present Speaker of the Republican House at Springfield and Lewis Is stats treasurer For Secretary of Stats two veteran campaigners ara opposing each other Ed Hughes has held the post for seven years and has been a popular state official Justus Johnson the Republican candidate Is a former state chairman For Auditor of Public Account Its Arthur Lauder John Martin of Salem Lauder la a former Chicago poatmaater while Martin has held several state office as well a the poet of Congressman at Large The State Treasurer race brlc" th veteran Warren Wrtaht a several time candidate apalm-t youthful Homer Matt Adams In latter waa a favorite protege of to late Governor Horner Th last remaining major state office Is that of Alton-ey General and hers again two veterans clash arms Georgs Barrett Is a well known Chicago lawyer and Harold Ward hM long been Mayor Ki y'a wheel hors In the state e-nate The eight candidates of both parties for trustees of th University of Illinois era ta the majority of cases non-politicians vho were placed on the ticket by toe respective convention because of tN-'r activities in the interest of th Unlveistty For Congress at Leri? the Republican offer William Stratton namesake of the old time Republican leader and Secretary of State and Stephen A Day For the Democrat Smith the University of Chicago professor is running for re-election end Walter OrlikowMkl Is the other candidate Of considerable local Interest Is th race for congress jn this strl Edwtn Bi haefer tho eevwrnl time Incumbent has been c-'te il during most of ths cumn-n end his battle for votes has been h-largely by hi I Cal Johnson former I lator has msd a id-nre and th word In toe Johnson has the ed a ti Two battlfl-Sf sred running for K'at nr senberry on the I and Jo Davis on noc Crtaen berry Is the while Duvi ii i nb tor Crleenberry is nil tots race continued ci i Governor Coming Gov John Stella above new chief executive of Illinois sines the death of the late Gov Horner will be th featured speaker at a Democratic rally to be held In toe courthouse at Nashville next Saturday morning at 11 oclock This will be to first visit of a chief executive In Nashville since Gov Homer wa here In 1935 The Governor wlU talk on th National Defense program ei FATi Walter BoescLca Dies Walte Boeechea tenant and eon of Mrs It Hoewan bore dtd at 11 clock night at fit ES! -ibs hospital Botam -S res of tafarie seerivefi st i 1 on that aft'-T--1 kfchri to the I-' at l5 wm woKk1 tuA fl of a neiii Mc the group tsrosbli if cow pea wtx the sort 't oecurr 1 cct de-hail of how the lK4-iri l-i wc4 were not Jeanmd t- worntav I wm niched to LttilewJa in an CS-aw-ville ambulance but paw awey at the hospital there laet mht Mr Boeecben wm Repobtiaea oommitteemaa from Johannlsburg and one of th county's beet known farmers Complete obituary next week SERVICES HELD FOR WELL KNOWN COUNTY RESIDENT Funeral cervices for John McCoy 66 well-known Rlchview citl-sen were held Thursday afternoon at 2 oclock from the family residence Rev Frank Kama of Mt Vernon officiated and Interment was made In the Rlchview cemetery Mr McCoy died suddenly Monday In front of the Pltttager hotel In Centralis with a heart attack The deceased wm born at Rlchview March 12 1874 the son ofThos and 8arah Brown McCoy He waa a Ufe-long resident of toe Rlchview community On May 15 1895 he was married to Miss Martha Brown who preceded him In death 11 years ago For a number of years he was a salesman for a St Louis firm but recent yean he had been an oil lease broker 1 Survivors Include three daughter Min Lola McCoy at home Mr Cohlmeyer and Mrs Stokes of Rlchview two sons Cecil end Howard also of Rlchview five brothers William of Rlchview McCoy of Danville Logan of Indiana Wesley of Pekin Harrison of Highland Park Mich two sisters Mrs Georg Miller of Irvington and Mr Bell Frederklng of Alton and two grand-children OU News A new wildcat teat wm announced this week for Oakdale township to be drilled by to American fietamo-graph Company for Lilly and Hutchings The location Is northwest comer of Wtt of NEH Section 81-3S-4 Ths test Is about a half a mils south of Hubbard's No 1 Hunleth In ths earns township which had a reported show of oil several weeks ago but not enough to make a commercial producer Ths above new test wm scheduled for spudding In yesterday Wa wer told yeaterday that Blankenship one of toe early operators In this county is still trying to make a field In Perry County After several unsuccessful ventures near PtnckneyvtUe during th paet Bummer he 1 now drilling a new test In Section 24-4s-2w Perry County The location la about six miles northeast of PtackneyvUl and about a mils and a half from a test in ths north part of Parry County which Blankenship drilled about a year ago and where there wm a good show of saturation From our Rlchview correspondent hav th following! Th Thompson Drilling company hav been very busy during the week moving in a large amount at drilling equipment to the Filin I ton farm weet of Rlchview 1h erection of the large rotary oil will soon be completed probably by Tuesday after which drilling will te tn progress GeeslArcStiil: -fcev "1 Several More Have Seen Brought Down In The Past Week i Astounding stories continue to come into toe office concerning Washington Countys newest sport of wild gooes shooting As stated last week the geese art coming over this area in larger flocks than ever before and for the first time In years are being killed in toe county As we mentioned last week Howard Reves got on near Covington bridge on toe-Okaw and Inca then has bagged another Rev Coleman got one Tuesday morning at Houses lake west of town Jimmy Dick Baldwin local high school youth also got ona Wa asked a veteran hunter Why they were coming down in this- vicinity when usually they Just wave as they go by Hla explanation wm that for the past several weeks then has been a strong wind blowing from the south which has resulted in the extremely warm weather for this time of the year The geese started their trek towards Horseshoe Lake several weeks ago as usual only this year Instead of riding with the north wind towards their winter feeding grounds they have been bucking the heavy south wind and as a result tire badly before reaching Cairo They become so all in in fact that they drop down almost anywhere for food and water and as a result this county with its wheat fields hM been a natural stopping off place- Incidentally the hunters who have been to Horseshoe Lake since the season opened report that the geese arent flying there at alL NEW FUNERAL HOME MIKE ROZNOVV SKI Mike Roznowskl well known cltl-sen of Radom died st his home yesterday He had been 111 only a short tlms Funeral services will be held In Radom Saturday morning i Dr and Mrs Leibrock attended toe dental convention in 8L Louis this week To Take Over Scouts Rites Sunday -PorMrsVStieg 1 5 Aged Resident Succumbed At Sou's Home Here Last Thursday' Funeral services wer held Sunday afternoon at St' Pauls Evangelical church for Mrs Martha Stieg 85 who died at the home of her son John near Nashville Thursday evening at 10 oclock i after a long illness Rev Reinhard Kraus officiated at the services and interment wm made in toe Greenwood cemetery Mrs Stieg daughter of Mr And Mrs Anreas Pfell was born October 18 1855 in Moehrhausen Amt Pangenberg Kurhegsen Germany After the death of her mother her father brought his family to America in 1887 and settled In Washington County Mrs Stieg wm confirmed in the Nashville German Methodist church In 1872 she vu married to Henry Stieg of near Belleville and they established their home near Nashville They resided on the farm for 43 years and In 1915 they retired and moved to Nashville Mr Stieg died Feb 2 1917 Mrs Stieg was a member of St Pauls Evangelical church and the Ladles' Aid soclty Of the eight children born to this union seven survive the mother They are as foUowa: Stieg of Nashville Anna Mrs Charles Brenneck of Nashville Mrs Minnie Rohde of near Nashville Emma Mrs Emil GarUch of Breese Henry Stieg of St LoulaJohn Stieg of near here and Walter Stieg of near Addle-vUla One daughter Mrs Bertha Oeschaner preceded her mother in death in March 1937 Surviving also are 17 grandchildren 8 great-grandchildren 2 eons-in-law 8 daughters-in-law and many other relatives and a hoot of friends Mrs John Lane and Mr Oscar Klrchhoefer sang "The Old Rugged Cross and Heaven is My Home" and the Ladies' Aid sang What A Friend We Have in Jesus" CARNIVAL Nashville high schools annual carnival wm climaxed Tuesday night by toe crowning of the King and Queen Francis Maxwell and Imogen Decker who received the largest number of votes in the contest The attendants were Ruth Finks Aleen Rhode Richard Snyder Melba Blumhorst William Shubert Buddy Hunter Helen Cook and Charles Kried The train-bearers were Pstsy Sue Hasemeier and Harold Reuter and ths crown bearers wer Patsy Berry and Morris Kaufman Ths king wm crowned by Georgs Althoff who is turn crowned to Queen -138 Richard Strieker Okawvllle 142 Wm Mueller Okawvllle 166 Vincent Rybickl Nashville 4 135 John Damaxyn Nashville 8 "183 "Carroll Dtntelmax --Oakdale 148 Ernst Kalthoff New Minden 1373 Joe Wlenstroer Oakdale 193 Alex Plasecld Nashville 8 139 Harry Fink Okawvtll 146 JonM Chapin an DuBois Phil fi Jack Ashley 2 123 Adrian fitoBecipber Naebvtll 83 Walter Kxamm DuBola Jt One of ths major local real estate deals in several years wm announced this week with the purchase of the late Paul Krughoff home hy Hah-ne and Hlleman local funeral directors The home one of the largest In town stands on the corner of Adams and Washington and hM been known for years the Needles place It waa later owned and occupied by Mr And Mrs Paul Krughoff and since their death hM been owned by Misses Pauline and Winifred Krughoff and wm the residence of their aunt Miss Kate Krughoff The entire lower floor of the property will be used as a funeral home and toe upper story will be occupied by Mr And Mrs Russell Hlleman The necessary changes will be completed at an early date Hahne and Hlleman announced this week that the building which they now oocupy on Main street will be devoted exclusively to a furniture store and that they will continue In that business as wall RALLIES Democratic Legion Home Okawvllle Friday Speakers Judge Wegener and Ben Emg Republics Free Dene at to Legion Home Okawvtll Saturday night 7 45 Speakers! Ralph tiusmnn and Cal Johnsen i A s'-- The Boy ficoute have been ask ad to co-operate with the government In to National Defense Program and toward that end th local Troop her which i sponsored by toe Rotary Club la being greatly expanded and to above men will be In charge In to new set-up They are from left to right: Charles Owe- Charles Scott and Harold Abshsr ficott tot present Scout Master will In toe future handle to boye who are over 15 and they win be trained specially for emergency defense duties A number of new members era bring added In the 13 to 15 are and they win be tn charge of to two new aeelstent Scout Master shown hero with ficott 118 Psd Kroogev Nashville 174 Edmond Krueger DuBois 131 Stanley Garbs CkawvtUe 128 rU) Gibbons OkswvUl.